Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he was pressing forward on the goal of introducing a climate change bill before May because of the need to address energy security without introducing EPA rules to limit GHG emissions, the State reported. Graham, who reiterated that emissions should be regulated through Congress, not through the EPA, said the combination of more domestic energy production and emissions limits will help the U.S. "get away from our dependence on Mideast oil."
BP CEO Tony Hayward praised the senators for working "incredibly constructively" as "they have almost built a coalition of the willing, and they should be commended for that." The New York Times Greenwire blog cited an example of state-level opposition to EPA regulation by quoting a Kansas State Senate resolution that declared: "Lawmaking that impacts entire sections of the American economy should not be done by administrative fiat, but rather such laws and regulations should be made by elected members of the United States Congress."
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